Bến Nghé Channel Explained

Bến Nghé Channel (Vietnamese: Kênh Bến Nghé, Rạch Bến Nghé), also known during the French colonial era as arroyo Chinois, is a waterway in Ho Chi Minh City.^{[1] [2]} Very much an urban channel, the sides are said to be lined with "many grocery stores, rice processing factories, sawmills, oriental drugstores, and warehouses, all owned by the Chinese. They hatch[ed] eggs, salted fish and eggs, dried fruit ..."^[3]

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10.7692°N 106.7067°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Dodd. Jan. Lewis. Mark. Emmons. Ron. Rough Guide to Vietnam. 20 July 2012. 2003. Rough Guides. 978-1-84353-095-4. 94.
2. Book: Corfield, Justin. Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City. 19 June 2022. 2014. Anthem Press. 978-1-78308-333-6. 21.
3. Book: Pham, David Lan. Two Hamlets in Nam Bo: Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and American Wars, and Communist Rule, 1940-1986. 20 July 2012. 30 June 2008. McFarland. 978-0-7864-3760-3. 69.